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Halfway through December Mahatma Gandhi is leading the poll for the greatest man of the millennium. But there is still time to add your vote.
To inspire you, United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan and businessman Richard Branson have nominated their personal top 10 choices. Make your vote on the form below. |
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1. Mahatma Gandhi 2. Leonardo da Vinci 3. Nelson Mandela 4. Sir Isaac Newton 5. Albert Einstein 6. Martin Luther King 7. Jesus Christ 8. Sir Winston Churchill 9. Charles Darwin 10. Karl Marx |
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1. Leonardo da Vinci 2. Sir Isaac Newton 3. Niccolo Machiavelli 4. Captain James Cook 5. Napoleon Bonaparte 6. Charles Babbage 7. Michael Faraday 8. Adam Smith and Karl Marx 9. James Watson and Francis Crick 10. Mahatma Gandhi More on Richard Branson's choices>> |
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| Richard Branson Richard Branson's Virgin empire includes an airline, chain of record shops, cinemas and a rail company. It also sells financial services, clothes, soft drinks and mobile phones.
Mr Branson is also known for daredevil adventures, including failed attempts to make the first ever round-the-world voyage in a hot air balloon
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1. Adam Smith 2. Leonardo da Vinci 3. Mahatma Gandhi 4. Nelson Mandela 5. Henri Dunant 6. Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi 7. Woodrow Wilson 8. St. Francis of Assisi 9. Simone Bolivar 10. Albert EInstein More on Kofi Annan's choices>> |
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| Kofi Annan Kofi Annan is the United Nations seventh secretary-general and the first to work his way through the ranks.
He heads humanitarian efforts in conflict zones all over the world including East Timor, Afghanistan, Kosovo and Uganda, and is fluent in English, French and several African languages.
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